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Here’s a round-up of recent activity by our neighbourhood officers to address local policing priorities and tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the towns and villages of South Northamptonshire. Dear Resident Between November 2024, and March 2025, the three local priorities set for the areas covered by the South Northamptonshire Neighbourhood Policing Team were road safety and drug supply. These priorities have been the focus of much of the neighbourhood team’s work over the last six months, working in partnership with the local authority, parish and town councils, housing agencies and other partners. Below is an update about some of the work we have been doing to tackle them:
Road safety
A young male received a Section 59 Police Reform Act Warning for anti-social use of his vehicle in Orion Drive in Brackley – the use of this road in this manner has been referred to a Joint Action Group (multi-agency) to consider any other options to disrupt and detect this type of behaviour.Residents in Silverstone have raised concerns over the volume of traffic displaced through the village due to A43 roadworks. As a result, additional mobile speed camera work will be undertaken and the road contractors are looking at improved signage to alleviate some of the issues.Officers have conducted proactive patrols and dealt with drivers for various offences, including lack of insurance or tax, mobile phone use and not wearing a seatbelt. Speed enforcement checks have been carried out across the area in locations where speeding has been raised as a concern by the community.Sixth form students at Campion, Sponne and EWS Roade schools have received an input about road safety, including the effects of drink and drug driving, the importance of ensuring vehicles are road worthy and the consequences of driving offencesA Christmas drink drive campaign saw officers completing proactive patrols and delivering drink and drug driving awareness literature to rural public houses.Officers in Brackley continue to actively enforce insurance requirements related to delivery drivers.A number of licensing issues related to taxi drivers operating without their plates being displayed have been identified, and these have been reported back to the relevant licensing authority to enforce.Officers completed a multi-agency enforcement day on the A5 near Towcester. Results included three tyre related offences, one offence of no tachograph fitted, three overweight vehicles, 11 vehicles with insecure loads, one vehicle with no insurance, 15 incidents, where words of advice were given, including insurance admin issues, defective lights, and vehicle modifications. Two drivers were reported for driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, and officers made one arrest of a male in connection with a theft offence. Drug supply The neighbourhood team has executed four warrants under the Misuse of Drugs Act across the South Northants area. These resulted in two arrests, with these investigations still ongoing. One of the warrants located a cannabis factory containing over 500 plants.The neighbourhood team continues to collate information provided by the public in relation to areas identified as hotspots for drug use. Officers also have several cases in progress in relation to the supply of class A and B drugs within the South Northants area.A number of young people have been stopped and searched by officers and found to be in possession of drugs. These children have been safeguarded and their involvement resolved by completing unpaid work via the Immediate Justice Scheme. |
